Learning Math: Geometry Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Classroom Case Studies, 6-8

  Applying course concepts in the classroom.

• Classroom Case Studies, 6-8

  Applying course concepts in the classroom.

• Classroom Case Studies, K-5

  Teachers use course concepts in the classroom.

• Dissections and Proof

  Translation; reflection; rotation.

• Parallel Lines and Circles

  Constructing figures with segments that are perpendicular, parallel and/or equal length; circles.

• Polygons

  Classifications and properties of polygons.

• The Pythagorean Theorem

  Mathematical proof; Pythagorean theorem.

• Similarity

  Similarity; similar triangles; trigonometry.

• Solids

  Platonic solids; relationship between two-dimensional and three-dimensional geometry.

• Symmetry

  Line and rotation symmetry; frieze patterns.

• Triangles and Quadrilaterals

  Triangle classifications, properties, inequalities; quadrilaterals.

• What Is Geometry?

  Basics of geometric thinking.